About the Show

Joe Murena will make his off-Broadway debut in 'My Big Gay Italian Funeral' beginning February 2.

American Idol finalist Joe Murena is the newest mourner to take the stage at off-Broadway's My Big Gay Italian Funeral! Murena will play Ezio in the zany comedy beginning February 2 at off-Broadway’s St. Luke’s Theatre. The production currently plays in repertory with My Big Gay Italian Wedding—both are scheduled to run through March 30, 2014.

Murena will make his off-Broadway debut in My Big Gay Italian Funeral. In addition to season four of American Idol, his TV appearances include Star Search, Good Morning America and Showtime at the Apollo. He has appeared in Long Island community theater productions of West Side Story and Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.

Written by and featuring Anthony Wilkinson, My Big Gay Italian Funeral tells the story of Anthony Pinnunziato, a man who reunites with his gay brother Peter (David Demato) at the funeral of their father Joe. Family drama and crazy characters unite when everything that can possibly happen at an Italian wake certainly will!